Merck & Co. MRK Return on equity
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Merck & Co.’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: Merck & Co.’s 10-Q, filed May 4, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Merck & Co.'s return on equity?
- Merck & Co. (MRK) reported return on equity of 19% in Q1 2026.
- How has Merck & Co.'s return on equity changed year-over-year?
- Merck & Co.'s return on equity decreased by 51.7% year-over-year, from 39.3% to 19%.
- What does return on equity mean?
- How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
- How do you interpret return on equity?
- Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
- How does return on equity compare across companies?
- Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.